Planting-machine.



J. P. HENRY.

PLANTING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION 1 1mm mm: 9, 191a.

Patented June 2, 191i 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

J, F. HENRY.

PLANTING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 9, 1913.

1,098,667.} Patented June 2, 1914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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vwewcoz UNITED STATES PAEENT OFFICE.

JOHN FAIRCHILDS HENRY, OF LONGDALE, OKLAHOMA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOSTUART F. BRADY AND TOM E. WILLIS, COPAB-TNERS DOING BUSINESS As BRADYGI WILLIS, 01? FAIBV'IEW, OKLAHOMA.

PLANTING-MACHINE.

Specification Letters Patent.

Patented June 2, 1914.

To all whom it they concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN Famomnns HENRY, a citizen of the United States,residing near the town of Longdale, on R. F. D. No. 1, in the county ofMajor and State of Oklahoma, have invented a new and usefulPlanting-Machine, called the Henry Alternating Planter, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to seed lanters and hasas its primary aim toprovi e a planter adapted for use in planting two diflerent kinds ofseed simultaneously as, for example, corn and cow peas, soy beans andthe like, the beans being dropped in hills between hills of corn in thesame furrow. This method of planting has met with favor inasmuch as thecorn crop extracts the substance from the soil and tends to deterioratethe same whereas a bean crop will enrich the soil and impart to it thenitrogen necessary to supply the growing corn thereby avoiding wholly orin part a deterioration of the soil as mentioned above. In this methodof planting, however, it is obviously desirable that the two crops beplanted in the same furrow and that the hills of corn and beans beproperly relatively spaced and located in alinement so that both cropsmay be cultivated simultaneously.

The planter embodying the present invention is of that typeiincluding arotary seed plate mounted beneath a cut-off plate in the i bottom of theseed hopper and it is one aim of the invention to so form the seed plateand its supporting or bottom plate that the relative quantities of; thetwo diflerent kinds of seed to be planted will be selected with theaccuracy necessary to the proper production of the respective crops.

Incidentally the invention has as its object to secure the result .justmentioned leaving the upper surface of the seed. plate, however, so'that it will rotate smoothly and without likelihood of breaking theseeds and in order that seed plates of different sizes may be employeddepending upon the relative sizes of the seeds to be planted withoutnecessitating any change in the form of the cut-off plate.

Another aim of the invention is to provide a novel and simple means forrotatably supporting the seed plate beneath the cut-01fv plate whichmeans is adapted also to support the bottom plate in fixed position andagainst rotation thereby avoiding the necessity of braclng or supportingthis plate from the frame of the planter.

With these and other objects in view, the invention will be more fullydescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and thenspecifically pointed out in the claims which are attached to and form apart of this application.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a vertical transversesectional view through the planter mechanism on the line 1--1 of Fig,-2. Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the mechanism, the frame and hoppersbeing omitted for the sake of clearness. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view ofthe seed plate. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the bottom plate. Fig. 5 isadetail perspective view of the spindle for the seed plate. Fig. 6 is adetail transverse sectional view on the line 6-6 of Fig. 2.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and. indicated in all .the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

In the drawings the frame of the planter is indicated in general by thenumeral 1 and upon this frame are mounted the hoppers which are tocontain the seeds to be planted, the main hopper being indicated by thenumeral 2 and the auxiliary hopper being indicated at 3, the firstmentioned hopper being designed to contain corn or other large seeds andthe auxiliary hopper being adapt ed to contain the beans or relativelysmall seeds.

The cut-oil plate of the planter mechanismis indicated in general by thenumeral 4 and is fitted in the lower end of the hopper 2,. this platehaving its upper face formed with a depression 5 surrounding a raisedportion 6 to which latter is fitted the lower end of the hopper 3. Byreference to Fig. l of the drawings it will be observed that the outerwall of the depression 5 is beveled or inclined downwardly and in wardlyas at 7 so that the seeds contained withinthe hopper 2 will be directedin the general direction of the outlet opening in the cut-off platewhich opening is indicated at 8 and has its end walls beveled as at 9.

margin of the plate 13.

By reference to Fig. 2 it will be observed that the opening 8 is ofsegmental outline and that it extends part way around the recessedportion 6 of the cut-ofi plate so that it is adapted to receive andcont-am a relatively large number of grains of corn or other seed. Theplate 4 within the boundaries of the recessed portion 6 is formed with adepression 10 corresponding in form to the depression 5 and the saidplate in 1ts said recessed portion is formed with an opening 11preferably located opposite to or radially inwardly of the opening 8 andhaving its end walls beveled in the same manner as the walls 9. Axiallyplate 1 is formed with an opening 12 the wall of which is threaded. Theunder surface of the plate 4: is plane and unbroken and is preferablyexposed at the lower end of the hopper 2 so that the seed plate may bedisposed against the said face in a manner which will be presentlyexplained.

The seed plate mentioned above is indicated in general by the numeral 13and is seated within an annular gear 14 the teeth of the gear, indicatedat '15, being formed upon its outer periphery. At intervals at its innerperip ery the gear is provided with notches 16 in whichare received lugs17 formed at correspondin intervals at the or apurpose to be presentlyexplained the under side of the plate 13 is formed with a recess and itsmargin is' formed with a series of openings 19 which are of relativelylarge diameter.-

The plate is formed with a series of openings 20 in its recessed portion18 and the openings 20 are of relatively small diameter. For a purposeto be presently pointed out the plate is provided axially with anopening 21.

The bottom plate of the planter mechanism is indicated by the numeral 22and is formed centrally with an up-standin as 23 peripherally beveled asat 24- -c wall of the recess 18 in the manner clearly illustrated inFig. 1 of the drawin s. By reference to this figure it will be 0 servedthat the plate 22 is to be disposed against the under side of the plate13 with its marginal portion resting against the under side of the gear14. It will also be apparent by reference to this figure and to Fig. 2thatas the seed plate 13 is rotated the openings 19 will passsuccessivelybeneath the opening 8 and the openings 20 will in a likemanner pass beneath the opening 11. Furthermore, it will be apparentthat the openings 19 and 2 0 are closedv at their lower ends by theupper surface of the plate 22 and that due to the provision of the boss23 and the recess 18 into which it fits the openings 20 are V shallowerthan the openings 19 in view of which fact and the fact that they are ofless diameter than the said openings 19 they are pa'rticularlyadapted toreceive a number relatively small grains. I

As a means for holding the several plates in assembled relatioii' thereis provided a spindle having a squared head 25, the shank ofthe'spindl-e immediately adjacent to the said head' being squared as at26 or ofsome other pol gonal form. The spindle immediately ac jacent tothe square portion 26 is cylindrical as indicated at 27 and. its saidcylindrical portion is of a diameter sub stantially e ual to thediameter or thickness of the portion 26. Beyond its portion 27 thespindle is reduced in diameter and threaded into the opening 12 "in thecut-- oil plate. The portion 27 of the spindle fits within the opening21 in the seed plate 13 l and the seed plate is in this mannermount edfor rotation upon the spindle. The pen i The'seed plate is adapted'to becontinuously rotated by means of a shaft 30l'carrying a bevel pinion 31in mesh with the of the gear 14 and it will be obvious that'as itrotates grains from the main and auxiliary hoppers will fall through theopenings 8 and '11 respectively andvinto the openings 19 and 20respectively as these openings passbeneath the first mentioned openings.

' The collected grains are carried around by the seed plate and aredischarged through anopening '32 in the bottom plate 22 and fall 1nt0the seed boot 33.

It will be obvious that if very'small grain or small se ds are to beplanted the seed 2 bottom plate 22 may remo ed t i by conesponding otherplates provided, however, respectively with a deeper recess 18 andhigher boss 23 thereby decreasing the depth of the openings 20.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A seed dropping mechanism including,

a bottom plate, and a seed plate mounted for rotation thereon, and acut-01f plate above the seed plate, the seed plate having its centralportion recessed in its underside, the bottom plate having a raisedportion fitting in the recess in. the seed plate, the

bottom plate having a discharge opening ona-e01 concentric relativelythin and relatively thick portions and each of said portions beingprovided with a seed collecting opening, the bottom plate havingconcentricv relatively thick and relatively thin portions disposedrespectively a ainst the rc atively thin and relatively t ick portionsof the seed plate, and the said bottom plate having an outlet openingarranged to coincide with the openin s in the seed plate.

3. A see drop-ping mechanism includin a bottom plate, and a seed platemountec l for rotation thereon, and a cut-off plate above the seedplate, the seed plate having its central portion recessed in its underside and having the side wall of its recess in- Wardly tapered, thebottom plate having a raised portion outwardl tapered and fittlng withinthe recessed portion of the seed plate, said bottom late having outletopening and the seed p ate being formed with openings in its recessedportion and its portion outwardly of its recessed portion both of saidopenings in the seed plate being arranged to coincide with the openingin the bottom plate.

4. A seed dropping mechanism includin a bottom plate having anon-cylindrica opening therein, a seed plate mounted for rotation uponthe bottom plate and having a cylindrical o ening therein, a cut-oilplate located above t e seed plate and having seed outlet openings andprovided with an opening the wall of which is threaded, and a steppedspindle threaded at one end of its shank into the opening in the cut-ofiplate and provided at the other end of its shank with a head engagingthe underside of the bottom plate and supporting the same beneath thecut-ofi late, the portion of the shank of the spind e adjacent the headnonrotatably fitting the opening in the seed plate.

JOHN FAIROHILDS HENRY.

Witnesses:

J OHN E. BAUMGARDNER, Gnonon H. MCDONALD.

